GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NFL: ARIZONA (3-3) at WASHINGTON (3-2)

NFL: ARIZONA at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
ARIZONA 0 6 0 13 19
WASHINGTON 7 7 7 0 21 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

10:48 WAS - TD, CLINTON PORTIS 2 YD RUN (SHAUN SUISHAM KICK).
Drive: 8 plays, 25 yards in 4:20.
Key plays: Taylor 48-yard interception return to Arizona 25; Sellers
1-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Arizona 15; Campbell 2-yard pass to Sellers
plus 5-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on Cardinals' Dockett on
3rd-and-6 to Arizona 4. WASHINGTON 7-0.

2ND QUARTER:

8:00 WAS - TD, LONDON FLETCHER-BAKER 27 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (SHAUN SUISHAM KICK).
WASHINGTON 14-0.
15:00 ARI - TD, ANQUAN BOLDIN 2 YD PASS FROM KURT WARNER (PAT BLOCKED).
Drive: 6 plays, 23 yards in 1:46.
Key plays: Pace 14-yard interception return to Washington 23.
WASHINGTON 14-6.

3RD QUARTER:

9:13 WAS - TD, CLINTON PORTIS 1 YD RUN (SHAUN SUISHAM KICK).
Drive: 11 plays, 59 yards in 5:58.
Key plays: Campbell 26-yard pass to Randle El to Arizona 33;
Campbell 3-yard pass to Cooley on 3rd-and-3 to Arizona 23; Campbell 8-yard
run on 3rd-and-6 to Arizona 11; Betts 10-yard run to Arizona 1. WASHINGTON
21-6.

4TH QUARTER:

0:08 ARI - TD, ANQUAN BOLDIN 10 YD PASS FROM KURT WARNER (NEIL RACKERS KICK).
Drive: 12 plays, 72 yards in 5:55.
Key plays: 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on Redskins' Landry
on 3rd-and-7 to Arizona 46; Warner 18-yard pass to Fitzgerald on 3rd-and-7
to Washington 33; 13-yard personal foul penalty on Redskins' Fletcher to
Washington 12. WASHINGTON 21-13.
14:39 ARI - TD, LEONARD POPE 1 YD PASS FROM TIM RATTAY (TWO-POINT CONVERSION FAILED).
Drive: 8 plays, 71 yards in 2:16.
Key plays: Warner 26-yard pass to Urban on 3rd-and-3 to Washington
42; Warner 11-yard pass to Arrington to Washington 31; Warner 29-yard pass
to Arrington to Washington 2. WASHINGTON 21-19.

ARIZONA - WASHINGTON Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS ARIZONA WASHINGTON

FIRST DOWNS 19 10
Rushing 3 5
Passing 13 4
Penalty 3 1
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 6-16-38% 4-12-33%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 364 160
Total offensive plays 73 47
Average gain per play 5.0 3.4
NET YARDS RUSHING 84 73
Rushing attempts 30 28
Average gain per rush 2.8 2.6
Tackles for loss-yards 4-5 1-2
NET YARDS PASSING 280 87
Times sacked: Number-Yards 1-3 1-8
Gross passing yards 283 95
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 42-28-2 18-12-1
Avg gain per pass play 6.5 4.6
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 3-1-0 4-0-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 5-42.8 6-35.5
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 39.4 32.2
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 31 95
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2-17 2-20
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 4-57 2-96
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-14 2-75
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 9-75 6-53
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 3-1 0-0
TOUCHDOWNS 3 3
Rushing 0 2
Passing 3 0
Interceptions 0 1
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-3 3-3
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-2 3-3
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-1 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 0-1 0-1
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-1 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 3-4-75% 2-3-67%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 2-2-100%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 34:42 25:18


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

ARIZONA WASHINGTON

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
E JAMES 27 83 3.1 16 0 C PORTIS 18 43 2.4 8 2
J ARRINGTO 1 2 2.0 2 0 L BETTS 3 12 4.0 10 0
K WARNER 1 0 0.0 0 0 M SELLERS 5 11 2.2 9 0
M SHIPP 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 J CAMPBELL 2 7 3.5 8 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
K WARNER 27-41-282 2 2 43 J CAMPBELL 12-18- 95 1 0 26
T RATTAY 1- 1- 1 0 1 1

Sacked-Yards Lost: K WARNER 1-3. Sacked-Yards Lost: J CAMPBELL 1-8.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A BOLDIN 8 29 3.6 10 2 A RANDLE E 3 54 18.0 26 0
L FITZGERA 6 97 16.2 43 0 M SELLERS 3 11 3.7 8 0
J ARRINGTO 4 47 11.8 29 0 C PORTIS 2 14 7.0 9 0
J URBAN 3 41 13.7 22 0 S MOSS 2 8 4.0 6 0
L POPE 3 35 11.7 22 1 J THRASH 1 5 5.0 5 0
B JOHNSON 3 27 9.0 15 0 C COOLEY 1 3 3.0 3 0
M SHIPP 1 7 7.0 7 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
C PACE 1 14 14.0 14 0 S TAYLOR 1 48 48.0 48 0
L FLETCHER-BAKER 1 27 27.0 27 1

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M BARR 5 214 42.8 2 0 55 D FROST 6 213 35.5 0 2 58

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S BREASTON 2 17 8.5 11 0 A RANDLE EL 2 20 10.0 11 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S BREASTON 4 57 14.3 18 0 R CARTWRIGHT 1 80 80.0 80 0
J THRASH 1 16 16.0 16 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
N RACKERS 1/2 0/1 S SUISHAM 3/3 0/1
Dist.: (55) Dist.: (41)

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
K WARNER 2 1 0 1-0 A CARTER 0 0 1 0-0
E JAMES 1 0 0 0-0 R GODFREY 0 0 1 0-0
E BROWN 0 0 0 1-0 P DANIELS 0 0 0 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
C PACE 9 8 1 1-8 L FLETCHER-BAKER 13 10 3 0-0
E GREEN 5 5 0 0-0 R MCINTOSH 9 8 1 0-0
M BEISEL 5 3 2 0-0 L LANDRY 9 6 3 0-0
G HAYES 4 4 0 0-0 S SPRINGS 7 7 0 0-0
G WATSON 4 3 1 0-0 R GODFREY 4 3 1 0-0
B BERRY 3 2 1 0-0 P PRIOLEAU 4 3 1 0-0
D DOCKETT 3 2 1 0-0 D EVANS 3 3 0 0-0
T HOLT 3 2 1 0-0 C ROGERS 3 3 0 0-0
A WILSON 2 2 0 0-0 S TAYLOR 3 3 0 0-0
R HOOD 2 1 1 0-0 C GRIFFIN 3 2 1 0-0
A ROLLE 2 1 1 0-0 A CARTER 3 1 2 1-3
C COOPER 1 1 0 0-0 F SMOOT 2 2 0 0-0
A BRANCH 1 1 0 0-0 A MONTGOMERY 2 2 0 0-0
A SMITH 1 0 1 0-0 P DANIELS 2 1 1 0-0
K GOLSTON 1 1 0 0-0

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LANDOVER, Maryland (Ticker) -- The Washington Redskinswithstood a gutsy effort by Kurt Warner.


Neil Rackers missed a 55-yard field goal wide left with onesecond remaining as the Redskins held on for a 21-19 victoryover the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.


Playing with torn ligaments in his left elbow, Warner nearlyrallied the Cardinals (3-4) from a 21-6 deficit in the fourthquarter.


Warner completed 27-of-40 passes for 282 yards after a slowstart.


Warner tossed a 10-yard TD pass to Boldin eight seconds into thefinal quarter to pull the Cardinals within 21-13.


On Arizona's final drive, Warner completed passes of 11 and 29yards to J.J. Arrington, giving Arizona a 1st-and-goal at the 2.

On third down, Tim Rattay replaced Warner and tossed a 1-yard TDpass to Leonard Pope with 21 seconds left.


The Cardinals tried some trickery on the conversion as Boldintook the snap with Rattay lined up to the left. The movebackfired as Boldin rolled left and threw a low pass that waspicked off in the end zone by rookie safety LeRon Landry.

Arizona recovered the ensuing onside kick, and Warner completedtwo passes to give Rackers a shot at a game-winning field goal.

Warner struggled in the first half, throwing a pair ofinterceptions. The Redskins (4-2) converted those turnoversinto 14 points.


Safety Sean Taylor's interception at the Arizona 25 set upClinton Portis' 2-yard run with 4:12 left in the first quarter.

With seven minutes left in the first half, London Fletcherpicked off Warner and returned the interception 27 yards to givethe Redskins a 14-0 lead.


Warner and Boldin hooked up for a 2-yard TD on the final play ofthe first half to pull Arizona within 14-6. The extra pointwas blocked.


Portis scored on a 1-yard TD with 5:47 left in the third quarterto give the Redskins 21-6 lead.


Washington won despite getting outgained by more than a 2-to-1margin (360-164).


Jason Campbell had a lackluster game for Washington, completingjust 12-of-18 passes for 95 yards, while Portis was held to 43yards on 13 carries.

 

NFL: ARIZONA at WASHINGTON

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
ARIZONA 0 6 0 13 19
WASHINGTON 7 7 7 0 21 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

10:48 WAS - TD, CLINTON PORTIS 2 YD RUN (SHAUN SUISHAM KICK).
Drive: 8 plays, 25 yards in 4:20.
Key plays: Taylor 48-yard interception return to Arizona 25; Sellers
1-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Arizona 15; Campbell 2-yard pass to Sellers
plus 5-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on Cardinals' Dockett on
3rd-and-6 to Arizona 4. WASHINGTON 7-0.

2ND QUARTER:

8:00 WAS - TD, LONDON FLETCHER 27 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (SHAUN SUISHAM KICK).
Drive: 6 plays, 23 yards in 1:46.
Key plays: Pace 14-yard interception return to Washington 23.
WASHINGTON 14-0.
15:00 ARI - TD, ANQUAN BOLDIN 2 YD PASS FROM KURT WARNER (PAT BLOCKED).
Drive: 6 plays, 23 yards in 1:46.
Key plays: Pace 14-yard interception return to Washington 23.
WASHINGTON 14-6.

3RD QUARTER:

9:13 WAS - TD, CLINTON PORTIS 1 YD RUN (SHAUN SUISHAM KICK).
Drive: 11 plays, 59 yards in 5:58.
Key plays: Campbell 26-yard pass to Randle El to Arizona 33;
Campbell 3-yard pass to Cooley on 3rd-and-3 to Arizona 23; Campbell 8-yard
run on 3rd-and-6 to Arizona 11; Betts 10-yard run to Arizona 1. WASHINGTON
21-6.

4TH QUARTER:

0:08 ARI - TD, ANQUAN BOLDIN 10 YD PASS FROM KURT WARNER (NEIL RACKERS KICK).
Drive: 12 plays, 72 yards in 5:55.
Key plays: 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on Redskins' Landry
on 3rd-and-7 to Arizona 46; Warner 18-yard pass to Fitzgerald on 3rd-and-7
to Washington 33; Warner 6-yard pass to Fitzgerald plus 13-yard personal
foul penalty on Redskins' Fletcher to Washington 12. WASHINGTON 21-13.
14:39 ARI - TD, LEONARD POPE 1 YD PASS FROM TIM RATTAY (TWO-POINT CONVERSION FAILED).
Drive: 8 plays, 71 yards in 2:16.
Key plays: Warner 22-yard pass to Urban on 3rd-and-3 to Washington
42; Warner 11-yard pass to Arrington to Washington 31; Warner 29-yard pass
to Arrington to Washington 2. WASHINGTON 21-19.

ARIZONA - WASHINGTON Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS ARIZONA WASHINGTON

FIRST DOWNS 19 10
Rushing 3 5
Passing 13 4
Penalty 3 1
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 6-16-38% 4-12-33%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 364 160
Total offensive plays 73 47
Average gain per play 5.0 3.4
NET YARDS RUSHING 84 73
Rushing attempts 30 28
Average gain per rush 2.8 2.6
Tackles for loss-yards 4-5 1-2
NET YARDS PASSING 280 87
Times sacked: Number-Yards 1-3 1-8
Gross passing yards 283 95
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 42-28-2 18-12-1
Avg gain per pass play 6.5 4.6
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 3-1-0 4-0-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 5-42.8 6-35.5
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 39.4 32.2
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 31 95
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2-17 2-20
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 4-57 2-96
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-14 2-75
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 9-75 6-53
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 3-1 0-0
TOUCHDOWNS 3 3
Rushing 0 2
Passing 3 0
Interceptions 0 1
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-3 3-3
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-2 3-3
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-1 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 0-1 0-1
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-1 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 3-4-75% 2-3-67%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 2-2-100%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 34:42 25:18


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

ARIZONA WASHINGTON

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
E JAMES 27 83 3.1 16 0 C PORTIS 18 43 2.4 8 2
J ARRINGTO 1 2 2.0 2 0 L BETTS 3 12 4.0 10 0
K WARNER 1 0 0.0 0 0 M SELLERS 5 11 2.2 9 0
M SHIPP 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 J CAMPBELL 2 7 3.5 8 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
K WARNER 27-41-282 2 2 43 J CAMPBELL 12-18- 95 1 0 26
T RATTAY 1- 1- 1 0 1 1

Sacked-Yards Lost: K WARNER 1-3. Sacked-Yards Lost: J CAMPBELL 1-8.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A BOLDIN 8 29 3.6 10 2 A RANDLE E 3 54 18.0 26 0
L FITZGERA 6 97 16.2 43 0 M SELLERS 3 11 3.7 8 0
J ARRINGTO 4 47 11.8 29 0 C PORTIS 2 14 7.0 9 0
J URBAN 3 41 13.7 22 0 S MOSS 2 8 4.0 6 0
L POPE 3 35 11.7 22 1 J THRASH 1 5 5.0 5 0
B JOHNSON 3 27 9.0 15 0 C COOLEY 1 3 3.0 3 0
M SHIPP 1 7 7.0 7 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
C PACE 1 14 14.0 14 0 S TAYLOR 1 48 48.0 48 0
L FLETCHER 1 27 27.0 27 1

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M BARR 5 214 42.8 2 0 55 D FROST 6 213 35.5 0 2 58

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S BREASTON 2 17 8.5 11 0 A RANDLE EL 2 20 10.0 11 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S BREASTON 4 57 14.3 18 0 R CARTWRIGHT 1 80 80.0 80 0
J THRASH 1 16 16.0 16 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
N RACKERS 1/2 0/1 S SUISHAM 3/3 0/1
Dist.: (55) Dist.: (41)

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
K WARNER 2 1 0 1-0 A CARTER 0 0 1 0-0
E JAMES 1 0 0 0-0 R GODFREY 0 0 1 0-0
E BROWN 0 0 0 1-0 P DANIELS 0 0 0 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
C PACE 9 8 1 1-8 L FLETCHER 13 10 3 0-0
E GREEN 5 5 0 0-0 R MCINTOSH 9 8 1 0-0
M BEISEL 5 3 2 0-0 L LANDRY 9 6 3 0-0
G HAYES 4 4 0 0-0 S SPRINGS 7 7 0 0-0
G WATSON 4 3 1 0-0 R GODFREY 4 3 1 0-0
B BERRY 3 2 1 0-0 P PRIOLEAU 4 3 1 0-0
D DOCKETT 3 2 1 0-0 D EVANS 3 3 0 0-0
T HOLT 3 2 1 0-0 C ROGERS 3 3 0 0-0
A WILSON 2 2 0 0-0 S TAYLOR 3 3 0 0-0
R HOOD 2 1 1 0-0 C GRIFFIN 3 2 1 0-0
A ROLLE 2 1 1 0-0 A CARTER 3 1 2 1-3
C COOPER 1 1 0 0-0 F SMOOT 2 2 0 0-0
A BRANCH 1 1 0 0-0 A MONTGOMERY 2 2 0 0-0
A SMITH 1 0 1 0-0 P DANIELS 2 1 1 0-0
K GOLSTON 1 1 0 0-0

Officials: Referee-Jeff Triplette, Umpire-Jim Quirk, Head
Linesman-Steve Stelljes, Line Judge-Jeff Seeman, Field Judge-Duke
Carroll, Side Judge-Greg Meyer, Back Judge-Greg Steed.

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By Rich Dubroff
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


LANDOVER, Maryland (Ticker) - The Washington Redskins withstooda gutsy effort by Kurt Warner.


Neil Rackers missed a 55-yard field goal wide left with twoseconds remaining as the Redskins held on for a 21-19 victoryover the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.


Playing with torn ligaments in his left elbow, Warner nearlyrallied the Cardinals (3-4) from a 21-6 deficit in the fourthquarter.


Warner, who suffered the injury in last week's 25-10 loss to theCarolina Panthers, completed 27-of-41 passes for 282 yardsafter a slow start.


The decision to start the veteran quarterback was not made untiljust before game.


"It really wasn't decided until today," Warner said. "I had itin the back of my mind that if I could, I would."


Forced to use a makeshift offensive line due to a series ofinjuries, the Redskins (4-2) were badly outplayed, gettingoutgained, 364-160. One of their touchdowns came on LondonFletcher's 27-yard interception return.


"We got a win," Redskins receiver Santana Moss said. "That'sall that matters. Our defense played a hell of a game and keptus in it."


Washington quarterback Jason Campbell had a lackluster game,completing just 12-of-18 passes for 95 yards. Clinton Portisrushed for two short touchdowns but was held to 43 yards on 18carries.


"There wasn't a lot there at times," Redskins coach Joe Gibbssaid. "I just think we tried to just do things we felt like wecould do."


Arizona opened up its offense in the second half. Warner tosseda 10-yard TD pass to Anquan Boldin eight seconds into the finalquarter to pull the Cardinals within 21-13.


Boldin returned to the lineup after missing three games with ahip injury.


With just over seven minutes remaining, the Cardinals wereturned back as Andre Carter sacked Warner at the Redskins'10-yard line, causing a fumble that was recovered by PhillipDaniels.


But the Cardinals got another chance, taking over at their 29with 2:37 remaining, and Warner went back to work. He completedfour passes during the dramatic drive, including tosses ofseven and 29 yards to J.J. Arrington that gave Arizona a1st-and-goal at the 2.


On third down, Tim Rattay replaced Warner and fired a 1-yard TDpass to Leonard Pope with 21 seconds left. It was Rattay's onlyplay of the game.


The Cardinals tried some trickery on the conversion as Boldintook the snap with Rattay lined up to the left. The movebackfired as Boldin rolled right and threw a low pass intendedfor Larry Fitzgerald that was picked off in the end zone byrookie safety LeRon Landry.


"Anytime I line up at quarterback, they're going to look for therun," Boldin said. " I kind of figured Larry would be open.It's something we put in just this week."


Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt said he had no second thoughtsabout using Boldin as a quarterback on the conversion try.

"When those plays work, they're great," Whisenhunt said. "Whenthey don't work, people are going to question them."

Arizona recovered the ensuing onside kick, and Warner completedtwo passes to Bryant Johnson to give Rackers a shot at agame-winning field goal.


Warner struggled in the first half, throwing a pair ofinterceptions. The Redskins converted those turnovers into 14points.


Safety Sean Taylor's interception at the Arizona 25 set upClinton Portis' 2-yard run with 4:12 left in the first quarter.

With seven minutes left in the first half, Fletcher picked offWarner and returned it the distance, giving the Redskins a 14-0lead.


<div class="pre">"We did some good things in the first half by scoring and</div>setting up our offense for another score," Fletcher said."(Warner) is not a mobile guy, but he is crafty, and we didn'tdo a good enough job with their receivers."


Warner and Boldin hooked up for a 2-yard TD on the final play ofthe first half, pulling the Cardinals within 14-6. The extrapoint was blocked.


The Redskins extended their lead to 21-6 on Portis' 1-yard TDwith 5:47 left in the third quarter to give but turnedconservative thereafter.